Golota may challenge Tyson

SUN STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Andrew Golota, the promising heavyweight still struggling to escape the ghosts of mistakes past, could find himself fighting someone with even more of them if promoter Dino Duva has his way.

No sooner had Golota dispatched of Jesse Ferguson Saturday in Atlantic City than Duva was talking about a Golota fight with Mike Tyson.

Think of the promotional possibilities: Tyson, the volatile ear-biter who was banned from boxing for a year, against Golota, the low-blow specialist who was twice disqualified in 1996 bouts against Riddick Bowe.

"Everyone acknowledges that would be a tremendous promotion," said Duva, who hopes to make a Tyson-Golota fight by year's end.

On Saturday, Golota looked crisp and in control in posting a unanimous 10-round decision over Ferguson. Though he never knocked down Ferguson, Golota (33-3) dominated with strong left jabs and punishing overhand rights.

Ferguson, 41, was a late substitute for Jimmy Thunder, who tore an Achilles tendon in training and withdrew Wednesday.

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